5 Hitting Situations for Which Your Players Should Be Prepared

During this blog post, I’m going to go over some special baseball hitting situations that your team will most likely face at one point or another.
A suicide squeeze is used by a team that has a good bunter at the plate and a pitcher who has…

Oct 24, 2013

Coaching vs Managing

In one of my first days in professional baseball, I got an eye opener about the difference between a coach and a manager. A teammate of mine started a conversation with our manager by saying “Hey Coach, …”. What came next was quite unexpected.

Oct 24, 2013

When should a catcher go to the mound?

At the major league level you will often see catchers call time-out and take a trip to the mound to have a word with their pitcher. Usually these trips are not called for by coaches. The catchers decide when the time is right. At the lower levels…

Oct 24, 2013

Alone time for players

With practices starting up soon in many parts of the country, coaches are well into the process of designing practice routines and schedules for their teams. At least they should be. If you ever had the pleasure of participating in or watching…

Oct 24, 2013

Pre-Season Checklists

Before you ever hold your first tryout practice, you need to start compiling and sending out information for the season. Among the things you need to prepare in advance are sign-up sheets, the play-book, and the necessary equipment. This chapter…

Oct 24, 2013